COMPLICATIONS:Arrogance: His massive cosmic power makes him overconfident at times and he can underestimate his opponentsEnemy: Galactus, The Heralds of Galactus and the Guardians of the Universe. Thanos is not fond of him, eitherObsession: Defeating Galactus and conquering the cosmosTemper: His cosmic level rage can overwhelm him at times

Comments: I reworked Galactus a bit just so I could make this dude. Tyrant is a Galactus/Thanos foe that has shown up from time to time when the Marvel writers need another cosmic threat to throw at folks. To sum up, he was one of Galactus’ first creations, given cosmic power that rivaled Galactus himself. Of course he rebelled, they fought, whole galaxies were destroyed in their battle, but Galactus won and stripped him of a lot of his power. He popped up again, having figured out a way to siphon energy from other cosmic beings to start getting his power back and he ended up fighting (all at one time, mind you) The Surfer, Beta Ray Bill, Morg, Jack of Hearts (his powered up version) and Thanos (and I think I am missing someone) and he won. So I think this PL18 is pretty solid, if not low.

I wasn’t for sure on all his abilities so I basically gave him a lot of Galactus’ powers just toned down a wee bit and added his Technopathy, which the Marvel Wiki gave some info on. He's sucky concept, but a helluva powerhouse.

COMPLICATIONS:Enemy: The Fantastic Four, Blastaar.Motivation: He hates all life and feels compelled to destroy it and be the last living thing in the universe. But until then, he must rule all he surveys.Obsession: The Cosmic Control Rod is his obsession, and he is constantly paranoid that someone is coming to steal it.Weakness: If he loses the Control Rod, he starts aging rapidly, and all of his physical traits become impaired within a day, disabled within a week, and debilitated within a month.

Comments: The rest FF book I ever read as a kid in the 70’s I believe was the 2nd time the FF had to go into the Negative Zone to confront Annihilus. Sue was pregnant with Franklin and was in bad shape and Reed found out that it was the cosmic radiation they had all absorbed during their fateful space mission and that if it wasn’t dealt with, both Sue and Franklin could die. And the cure could be found in the Cosmic Control Rod, which of course the Big A was not going to give up willingly. So the 3 guys went through the portal, big fight ensured, Reed siphoned what he needed form the Rod and all was well. Fun Silver Agey stuff.

So of course, Annihilus has been a fave of mine ever since and I love it when he shows up. Only money has kept me from the Annihilation series and once Uncle Sam pays me back, it will no longer hold me back! Annihilus is a pretty simple build, really. The Rod enhances his abilities and he can actually hang with a couple of the FF members for a while without it, but with it, he can take the whole FF on his own. I think I will whip up an Annihilation Wave version just for Mike5000us once I have the books. That should be fun.

Secret Origins: Long ago in the Negative Zone, when the Tyannans seeded life spores on barren planets, one of their ships got hit by a meteor and was sent onto the volcanic planet Arthros. Before dying, the crew released spores. Many years later, one of the spores evolved into an insectoid creature. Due to a mutation he had a high intelligence. Finding the wreckage of a Tyannan starship, he used a special helmet to transfer all information about the advanced Tyannan technology to himself. This caused him to grow stronger and smarter, gaining a "Cosmic Control Rod" and body armaments. The creature became known as Annihilus and he set out to destroy anything that was a threat to his existence. He planned to conquer or destroy all planets nearby Arthros. Other creatures came from the spores as well, but Annihilus used his power so he would rule above them.

The Story so Far: When Sue Storm was having cosmic ray-related pregnancy complications, the remaining three of the Fantastic Four went into the Negative Zone to find anti-particles that could treat Sue. Annihilus's minions captured Reed, Johnny, and Ben, but the three managed to escape with the cosmic control rod. After siphoning off the needed particles and returning to earth, they returned it to the Negative Zone.

Annihilus has become aware that the Positive Zone universe is starting to over take the Negative Zone. With his army, the Annihilation Wave, Annihilus has travelled to the Positive Zone and began a purge of all life that his wave has come upon. He sent out seekers to capture the Heralds of Galactus. He made a deal with Thanos that saw the capture of Galactus himself possible. The Annihilation Wave has destroyed countless worlds. At this time, Annihilus also gained possession of the Quantum Bands.

While Annihilus had led everyone to believe that he planned to conquer the Positive Zone and become ruler of the universe, he secretly planned to use Galactus as a massive Power Cosmic bomb to destroy both universes. Thanos learned of his plans, but was killed by Drax before he could set Galactus free. Drax freed the Silver Surfer, who was able to free Galactus. An angry Galactus completely destroyed the Annihilation Wave in one massive attack.

Still not discouraged and knowing full well he could regroup his armies, Annihilus faced off against Nova. Possessing both the Cosmic Control Rod and the Quantum Bands, Nova seemed to have little chance of destroying Annihilus. When Phyla-Vell was able to take the Bands from him, Nova was on a more level playing field. Nova was able to kill Annihilus by ripping his intestines out through his mouth.

But Annihilus can never truly die, he is reborn constantly. His latest incarnation has grown rapidly, and more powerfully than ever and scouts in the Negative Zone have relayed to Reed Richards that Annihilus has been building a new Annihilation Wave that will dwarf his last one. And that he is simply biding his time, waiting for his next opporuntity to lash out at the universe.

Characterization: Annihilus believes that he should be the supreme, and last being in the universe and both this, and the Negative Zone should be his to rule. His reason is the only reason he listens to and he loathes pretty much all other life. His strategic intelligence and his nearly limitless resources truly make him a threat to all like.

Friends and Foes: He has plenty of enemies but his biggest rivalries are with Blastaar, who he has been at war with for years over who is the rightful ruler of the Negative Zone, and the Fantastic Four, who have thwarted his plans several times over the years.

Clean Up 2/17/13: I finally read Annihilation and I loved it. I haven't really altered my Annihilus build much yet, I might raise him up a PL for an Annihilation version, though I don't think this far off. It's mainly Big A's resources that made him a massive cosmic threat. I've been playing around a little bit with the Mass Combat stuff from the Gamemaster's Guide and I really like it. While I will build some Arthrian archetypes for minions, I wanted to use those Mass Combat rules for them as well, since the battle scenes in the book are pretty much all mass combat with the rare exceptions of when the heroes faced Ravenous, the Centurions, some of the mind controlled cosmic characters or Annihilus himself.

Clean Up 2/28/13: Finally got around to more of the Annihilation Wave crew for Big A. In addition, I pumped Annihilus himself up a PL15 to make him more of threat on his own. I left my original PL14 version of him on the bottom of this for future reference. But here are more members of the Wave:

Comments: Annihilus’ queens who have the Hive Mind that drives the Annihilation Wave. Once Firelord took one of them out, the United Front realized the squads would fall apart and with enough firepower, you could easily scatter them. I need to add a note somewhere to note that if whichever of them is coordinating the Mass Combat squad falls, their Morale drops to -5.

COMPLICATIONS:Enemy: The Fantastic FourObsession: The Cosmic Control Rod is his obsession, and he is constantly paranoid that someone is coming to steal itRivalry: BlastaarWeakness: If he loses the Control Rod, he starts aging rapidly, and all of his physical traits become impaired within a day, disabled within a week, and debilitated within a month

Build Comments: A recurring FF foe, Blastaar. He got some decent run in War of Kings and Annihilation so I made him pretty formidable, although the FF usually hands him his butt pretty quickly. Still, he is Annihilus' only real rival for ruling the Negative Zone, so PL13 felt about right for him.

Secret Origins: Blastaar once ruled the planet Baluur in the Negative Zone. The inhabitants revolted and set him adrift in space, there he came across Mister Fantastic, who was returning to Earth with the Inhuman Triton, and he followed them through a portal. He teamed up with some other villains, but the Fantastic Four and Crystal managed to defeat them and send Blastaar back to his own dimension.

The Story so Far: He has tried to conquer Earth on other occasions, without success.
Blastaar became king of Baluur again and expanded his territory significantly. When his empire made contact with Annihilus', they became rivals and have been so for years.

Blastaar aided the Spaceknights and Nova in his attempt to assassinate Annihilus during the Annihilation conflict. After Annihilus’ defeat, Blastaar became king of the Negative Zone, however with Annihilus’ rebirth, his rule has been challenged once again and he remains at war with his old foe.

Characterization: Blastaar is very single-minded in his quest for power and while he has certainly had his share of run-ins with Earth’s, and the galaxy’s heroes, he has aided them when it’s suited his purposes.

Friends and Foes: His greatest rivalry is with Annihilus, but he has no love lost for the Fantastic Four and The Green Lantern Corps, who have opposed him many times in quest for power in the positive matter universe.

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COMPLICATIONS:Daddy Issues: He and his father his a long running contentious relationship but from time to time, they actually connect…although it's very rare…and usually involves something very eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevilEnemy: Ghost RiderMotivation: Overthrowing his father and taking over HellPlot Device: He is nigh omnipotent in his layer of hell, making him pretty much a PLX character thereVulnerable: Blackheart is vulnerable to holy weapons, taking an extra degree of failure against them

Comments: Blackheart has been around the Marvel U for a long time, mainly making life, um, hell for the Ghost Riders. But recently he got some run as the main baddie in the Venom: Circle of Four book. He was still messing with the new Ghost Rider, but also got to fight Venom, Rulk and X-23, too. I’ve heard it’s a fun book, I’ll have to pick up the trade later this year.

Blackheart as a build was hard, much like most powerful characters, it’s hard to pick a PL and hard to narrow down what they can do, because they get shown doing all kinds of crazy stuff. But with him, I went pretty basic. He’s way strong, can blast really hard, can take Astral Forms (thanks BARON for that mechanic) and is hard to put down, REALLY hard for the Ghost Rider I built. But he’s not all powerful by any means, and the Avengers or JLA would take him out but Ghost Rider or a handful of heroes, he's a tough out.

Wow a PL 20 Galactus, and his first PL 18 creation? Nice!!! I would love to see your version of the Annihilation Wave!!! Can you stat up Death, the sister/daughter/mother of Galactus? According to the comics, Death and Eternity are equivalent to Galactus in power. In general they are PL X beings however there are time when they are defeated by extremely lucky low PL characters. For example, Eternity was defeated by Dormammu (a magical entity equivalent to Odin/Zeus).

Man, it seems like EVERYONE's on a Cosmic Kick these days. Mike5000 must've needed eight changes of pants by this point . Nice stuff Thorp- and yes, Annihilus is a bad-ass. However, if you're talking about Annihilation- Annihilus only captured Galactus because a couple of Galactus-class Cosmics from the Big Bang, Aegis & Tenebrous, defeated him and trussed him up in Annihilus' Mothership. When Drax freed the Big G, he just looked up and said "Annihilus... KNOW FEAR" and shot out an energy blast that destroyed the ENTIRE WAVE in a single shot- something like a light year's distance in size!

Everyone is on a cosmic kick these days. Really nice builds Thorp. They are hard to gauge. At least with Galactus you can always blame his bad showings on being hungry. I definitely see him as PL 20 if not more. Though for some reason gods like Odin can give him a hard time. I really like seeing Blackheart too. I don't know much about him but I always thought he looked cool.

COMPLICATIONS:Arrogance: His massive ego has caused him to underestimate opponents and lead to his downfallEnemy: The Green Lantern Corps, The Sinestro Corps (especially Arkillo and Sinestro), Nova and SupermanMotivation: Power and proving himself to the standard for the Mongul family legacyRivalry: Power and proving himself to the standard for the Mongul family legacy

Comments: In general, I find most of the DCA official builds to be too high in PL for my personal taste )(see my Captain Marvel Jr., Mary Marvel and my rant on the MnM General Thread about Cheshire for reference ) but in a couple of cases in H&VII in particular, I think they went a little low. Mongul is one of those builds.

Now granted, his dad was able to hang with Silver Age Superman, so he would be MUCH higher in PL, but Mongul II has battled Superman well but they only made him a PL13 with 14 Strength. I found that odd. My Mongul is stronger, tougher and has the Sinestro Corps ring and is a little more dangerous on his own than the DCA version. In canon, he took on like 6 Green Lanterns before, including Guy and Kyle who the DCA book had at PL13 and 14 respectively, whereas mine are both PL12 (for now) so he would need to be pretty freakin’ bad ass to do that. I may have even undersold him.

Secret Origins: Mongul's son, also named Mongul, was inspired to be just like his father.

The Story so Far: As a young child, he made journeys and he watched digital renderings where his father fought against Superman and his allies. He copied his father's actions when he encountered a group of marooned miniature aliens, turning them into his slaves. Once Mongul II's father returned, and discovering his son's slaves, he killed the aliens and tells him only one being on the planet is worthy of adoration: Mongul himself.

Once he grew to adulthood, Mongul was forced to assist and train Superman in preparation for the arrival of Imperiex. He appeared to have been killed during the Imperiex War, but returned during the Infinite Crisis after learning from Despero that the Justice League had apparently been destroyed. His intention was to loot their Watchtower headquarters but he ended up fighting Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. During the fight he was almost killed by Wonder Woman before escaping via a working teleporter. The teleportation transported him to Earth, where he menaced Hal Jordan, the newly-returned Green Lantern, by using a Black Mercy plant on him and Green Arrow.

In the aftermath of the Sinestro Corps War, Mongul received a Yellow Power Ring after breaking a dying Sinestro Corps member's neck. Soon after he tracked members of the Sinestro Corps, and offered the inductees a choice: to serve him or die. He removed the ring from each one who refused, and gained an extra five rings. Mongul's recruitment drive indirectly brought the attention of the Green Lantern Corps, in which he attacked Arisia and Sodam Yat with Black Mercy plants, and took them prisoner. He used his ring to send thousands of Black Mercy seeds, which he had genetically engineered to bring the victims' greatest fears to life, instead of their dreams, to several unsuspecting planets. In a confrontation with several members of the Green Lantern Corps, Mongul was defeated when the fly-like Lantern Bzzd flew through his eye, and he was thrown down to the Black Mercy's planet. There, he was buried in soil, being used as food by the Black Mercys. However, Mongul escaped this seemingly grotesque fate and made his way into outer space. En route to Sector 1114, he encountered two alien newlyweds, murdering one named Kered Riam. This incident inspired Kered's widow Miri to join the Star Sapphires.

Following a brief rest from his injuries, Mongul went to Daxam and conquered the planet by himself in a matter of days. He then sent a signal to the rest of the Sinestro Corps, calling them to their new homeworld. Once a force of Sinestro Corps soldiers arrived, he announced that he was now their leader. Arkillo, the former drill sergeant and one of Sinestro's lieutenants, believed Mongul unworthy of leadership, and challenged him to single combat without their rings. Despite a fierce battle, Mongul ultimately triumphed, ripping out Arkillo's tongue, but sparing his life so that he would be "seen but not heard" by any who would dare challenge Mongul. In the process, he gained the loyalty of the faction of the Sinestro Corps loyal to Arkillo and complete rule over the planet Daxam, but draws the attentions of Arisia and Sodam Yat, the Daxamite host for the Ion Entity, on himself. Mongul engaged into battle against Sodam Yat in which the latter used his Ion powers to briefly launch Mongul into space, before entering Daxam's sun and transforming it from red to yellow, granting all Daxamites superpowers. The Daxamites' overwhelming attack forces Mongul to have the Sinestro Corps abandon Daxam.

Mongul relocated his base of operations to Korugar, where he similarly conquered and oppressed the planet's inhabitants, with the intent of making it a new Warworld. Soon after a freed Sinestro was brought to confront Mongul. Although Mongul outclassed Sinestro in terms of strength, Sinestro had designed the specifics for his Corps' power rings and were equipped with a failsafe program, and turned the battle against Mongul. After defeating Mongul and reinstating himself as leader of the Sinestro Corps, Sinestro cast him into the Sinestro Corps' central power battery.

Mongul was released from the power battery during an attack on it by the First Lantern and was left to wander the universe until he was found by his father, who had returned from the dead and took him in to serve him in his renewed quest for universal conquest.

Characterization: Mongul is his father’s son and is all about conquest. Humbled by his recent defeats, is far more subservient to his father than before but it is means to an end to truly learn the art of conquest so that he can one day overthrow his father.

Friends and Foes: Mongul has made enemies amonst the Green Lantern Corps, Sinestro Corps and the Nova Corps. He has also run afoul of Superman several times. He doesn’t really have allies but he and his sister, Mongal, have worked through some of their issues and their rivalry has become more civil.

COMPLICATIONS:Arrogance: His massive ego has caused him to underestimate opponents and lead to his downfallEnemy: The Green Lantern Corps, The Sinestro Corps (especially Arkillo), Hatred: He loathes Superman and is growing to hate Omni-Man, Nova and Hal Jordan nearly as muchMotivation: Power and proving himself to the standard for the Mongul family legacyPower Loss: The power ring needs periodic recharging and issues a warning when its power runs lowRivalry: He wants to prove himself the better of MongalWeakness: The Yellow Power Ring are fueled by the user's abilities spread fear. Loss of that ability or their loss of belief in the power of fear can cause the ring to fail

COMPLICATIONS:Disability: Mole Man is extremely nearsighted without his goggles.Enemy: The Fantastic Four.Motivation: Revenge on the surface world that rejected him!Responsibility: Ruler of the Moloids.Vulnerable: He is extremely vulnerable to visual dazzle effects.

Build Comments: All bow down in fear before The Mole Man! One of my favorite FF jobbers who is just too much fun to stay “buried” for long. I built him to potentially be a heavy hitter, at least for an arc or two, with his Moloid army and the ability to summon either 2 big monsters or a horder of smaller ones, like giant moles or worms or something. And scorpions burrow, too, don’t they…

Secret Origins: The Mole Man was originally Harvey Rupert Elder, an American nuclear engineer and explorer. Elder was socially shunned due to a combination of his abrasive personality and his homely, dwarfish appearance. Furthermore, his fellow explorers ridiculed him for his eccentric, crackpot theories regarding a Hollow Earth. Approximately 15 years ago, while following another eccentric group of explorers called the Monster Hunters, he stumbled upon Monster Island.

When Elder fell into a massive cave leading deep into the underground realm of Subterranea, he decided his theories had finally been vindicated. However, he suffered permanent damage to his eyes when he gazed directly upon a highly reflective deposit of diamonds. This blindness forced him to wear a pair of goggles to negate the sensitivity on his eyes to bright light. Partially blind and apparently secluded from the surface world forever, Elder dubbed himself the Mole Man and began exploring his new home. He eventually became the ruler of the branch of Subterraneans now known as the Moloids, and the ruler of much of Subterranea and the caverns of Monster Isle. He used the creatures and technology that he found in Subterranea to strike back at the outer world in numerous attempts to rule or humble the world that had rejected him.

The Story so Far: During one such attempt he commanded his army of monsters to destroy all of Earth's atomic plants. His plan to bring the world into darkness was foiled by the Fantastic Four. They have had many run-ins over the years, with neither being able to gain a significant advantage. He has also fought against the Avengers and Justice League, who were finally able to bring him to justice, albeit briefly before his monsters and Moloids freed him.

For a while, the Mole Man stopped his criminal activities and allied with some heroes during The Invincible War. However this change was short lived and he was once again seen attacking the surface, this time to find food and water for his Moloids. He encountered the Avengers again but was beaten by Ultron in female form. During the events of World War Hulk, Mole Man came into control of some of the alien species of the planet Sakaar, which he used in an attack of New York but ended up fleeing after witnessing the rage of Skaar. Some time later, Mole Man enlisted the help of the Fantastic Four, to help him explore a city one ruled by the High Evolutionary in Subterranea to prevent it from rising into the surface world.

Characterization: The Mole Man is sometimes thought of as a bit of a joke in the superhuman community, but he’s gone toe-to-toe with the Fantastic Four, Justice League and Avengers many times and he still remains at large. He’s a brilliant inventor and truly loves his Moloid and monster followers and combining that with his “I’ll make the surface world pay for rejecting me!” passion make him a far more formidable foe than people think.

Friends and Foes: He has millions of Moloids and hundreds of monsters at his disposal and he has occasionally allied with other villains in exchange for resources. He had a short-lived alliance with Doc Seismic but they had a falling out and Doc is banned from Subterranea until otherwise noted.

COMPLICATIONS:Enemy: The Blood SyndicateMotivation: Using his powers for the greater good and justice for allRelationships: His partner Rocket and her sonReputation: Conservative stick in the mudSecret Identity: Augustus Freeman IV, lawyer

Comments: Icon is Milestone’s flagship character, a bit of a Superman analogue with a conservative twist. McDuffie made his relationship with his sidekick Rocket (coming soon) kind of a modernized Hal Jordan/Ollie Queen relationship, with the liberal vs. conservative arguments but best of friends motif. I just started reading the first Icon trade and it's pretty good, if a little dated by now. Some fun villains, though.

I am glad to see Icon and Rocket on Young Justice, even if they were mainly there for diversity reasons. I think Dwayne would be proud.

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Now that I am getting back in the groove again, I guess I might mention what I have planned for the next few weeks. This weekend will be LADIES' WEEKEND again, with an emphasis on the ladies of the X-Verse, Image and Wildstorm universes.

Next I'm going to hit some jobbers, one of my most favoritest things to build. I might even slip in a few members of The Serpent Society, since I've never built them in 2E or 3E. Then I've got some more DCA rebuilds to post along with some other odds and ends.

Then I'm hoping to finish up my Avengers in preparation for the movie and because of AvsX, which will lead into more X-Verse builds including the Marauders and maybe, if I the suck doesn't overwhelm me, The Acolytes. In between all that, I started some playtests, so hopefully I will get a few more of those done when I need a break from building.

All that should put me close to build #600 which I am pretty sure will be Squirrel Girl, but I'm not sure, she's so epic, she may have to be stored until build #1000!

All in all, should be a busy April and May at J-Mart as my continued quest to avoid yardwork continues!

Thorpacolypse wrote:HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to all the fathers out there from the J-Mart Team! Since the Little Thorpacolypses are giving me a moment's peace, I thought I would take this opportunity to drop another build onto the shelves.

COMPLICATIONS:Disability: Whoever inhabits the Destroyer is incapacitated unless they make a D25 Will checkMotivation: Destruction. This motivation usually takes over the host as wellPower Loss: The Destroyers' regeneration does not work against damage caused by it's own powers or from damage done with Uru objectsResponsibility: To destroy at the direction of whoever controls it

Comments: My take on the Destroyer is more of an amalgam of the movie and comic version. I loved the scene the movie where Sif impaled it and it looked like it was done, then it just fired up again and went after them. I kind of wanted that in my take. I wanted it to be tough for someone like Superman or Sentry to hurt it, but I wanted Thor to be the only one that could actually take it down. In the comics, it seemed to take like a +35 attack or something to do the job and in the movie, he did it rather quickly, so I tried to find a happy medium. A challenge, but not insurmountable.

Clean Up 4/13/12: Pretty substantial changes to my Destroyer this time. Higher toughness, less regeneration but still a serious threat to any high level super team that doesn't include Thor.

I made quite a few changes to The Destroyer tonight, so I thought I'd bring it out. Saved a lot of points by trimming the Regeneration I had before, but he should still be quite a challenge.

As promised it's time to kick off the longest running J-Mart tradition, LADIES' NIGHT! And we have so many lovely ladies to post, we're making it a whole LADIES WEEKEND! But before we get into the massive fanservice we're known for here at J-Mart, we're going to start it off with a newcomer that has the whole Marvel U in upheaval (again).

I know why you're scared. You think the Phoenix is either going to kill me or drive me crazy. Or maybe both. Just like it did Jean. But I'm not your dead wife, Scott. That's not my story. The Phoenix is coming. I know that. And I'm not afraid. I want it to come. I'm ready. - Hope Summers

COMPLICATIONS:Enemy: Bishop and others who think she will bring about a horrific eventPlot Device: Hope has the ability to channel the Phoenix Force, making her potentially a PLX cosmic force of destruction and rebirthPrejudice: MutantRelationships: She is close to her adopted father, CableResponsibility: Being considered a mutant messiah has been a heavy burden on her

Comments: After a blockbuster debut as the first mutant born after M-Day in Messiah CompleX, Hope has had a turbulent existence in the X-Verse. A whole town destroyed by the Marauders to find her, taken into the future by Cable to keep her safe since he believes she is the Mutant Messiah with Bishop trying to kill her because in his timeline, she set up the big human mutant war. Then she comes back with Cable, ends up in two big crossover arcs, gets her own series, and now is the focal point for one of Marvel's biggest crossover events ever, Avengers vs. X-Men. Oh, and she's the probably new host for the Phoenix Force.

Apparently she has a REALLY good PR Department! Can you imagine how far more interesting characters at the major companies would KILL for that kind of exposure?

Hope is a really good fighter without her powers since she has been trained by Cable since she could walk and she proved it by taking out 4-5 Serpent Society members before she even got close to a mutant whose powers she could mimic and that was only Puff Adder. When she is around other mutants, though, she can use any of their powers, making her one of the most powerful mutants in existence. The PL16 might be a little high, but it's said that her telepathic potential dwarfs Xavier's and I am building him at PL15. Plus, as the probable host of the Phoenix, I think she might be able to do a little damage.

On another note, I thought the first issue of AvX was fun. It was the setup issue, of course, and my favorite character in that issue was Namor, with his snide comments that made you know he of all people knew the fight was coming because he had been on both sides. I also know that two different writers have had Magneto saying to Scott that he sounds like him, which makes me think that Scott is going to croak, retire or really turn heel during this event. My money is on Jean Grey returning to save the day at the end of AvX. No way they keep her gone much longer.

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COMPLICATIONS:Enemy: Dr. Doom, Super Skrull, Annihilus, Red Ghost and othersFame: The FF are known the world over and never hid their secret identitiesRelationships: Her Hubby Reed, her brother Johnny, Ben and especially her children, Valeria and FranklinTemper: She's generally very accepting, but mess with her kids and look the hell out…

Comments: The heart of the FF, The Invisible Woman, Susan Storm-Richards. She came out almost exactly like I wanted and at cost with no problems. She might be the most well-rounded and overall powerful of the group. Ben and Johnny both hit a little harder, and Ben has Power Attack, but her array of abilities combined with some decent skills make her the most dangerous of the team for sure.

Clean Up 4/14/12: Sue gets a little makeover.

Since I had built Annihilus, Blastaar and the Mole Man this week, I decided to give the FF a review. Since it is LADIES' WEEKEND, I started with Sue. Nothing major, just fixed a couple of thing that the Power Profiles defined better. The boys will get reworked on Monday since this weekend is all about the ladies!

COMPLICATIONS:Addiction: Although she can heal from any wound, it still hurts like hell so she is on a steady dose of painkillers, hence the nameMotivation: Revenge on the mobsters that tried to kill her and taking down the mob(s) in generalRelationships: Her best friend, Officer Maureen Quinn and her personal doctor (who is in love with her), Seth Hiller

Comments: I saw the Painkiller Jane series on SyFy a few years ago and it was just OK but I liked the premise. After a little research, I figured I could whip her up. Jane Vasco was originally a cop and, depending on the original comic, the show, or the reboot for Dynamite comics, either she was nearly killed by a bomb when undercover trying to infiltrate the mob, or she was poisoned, either way, when she awoke from her coma, she had regenerative powers and became a vigilante. Even though she can heal from anything fast, it still hurts like hell so she uses a lot of painkillers, hence the name.

She's a PL9 on defense and 8 on offense since the little read of her doesn't paint her as an incredible offensive character, but she's hard as hell to put down. She seems like a fun street level hero to play.